One could describe a work by Felix Loycke as a monument immersed in an acid
bath. To some extent his paintings in oil, acryl and egg distemper remind us of film
posters: we see strong physiognomies against a background of bewildering,
broken up landscapes, with scattered tents, cars and mountains, like forgotten
props, roughly brushed in fields of colour. At first sight the work comes across as
loud, with everything seeming to happen simultaneously, but then it gradually
becomes calmer and one can feel the time elapsing. Felix Loycke’s epic paintings
are dreamlike. The shapes are like spirits from the past, appearing and then
disappearing again when you repeatedly gaze at the canvas. Some refer to stills
from American television and film productions. They’re not literal quotations, rather
scenes from a private film script from which certain elements have been cut out by
the artist. This creates bizarre omissions and a sense of melancholy: painting as
an attempt to describe reality, where the artist seeks out the limits of each
illustration and of the material itself.
Felix Loycke
1972 born in Kircheim / Teck, Germany
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Education
1998-99 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
1999-2003 UdK Berlin
2002-2003 Meisterschüler
2002 "Der Fall Bienlein",Neues Frankfurter Tor,Berlin
2003 "The woods are lovely dark and deep..",Kunstverein Buchholz
2003 "Der Siegeszug der Protagonisten",Gallerie 4. Stock,Berlin
2005 "Stoic moments",V8 Plattform,Karlsruhe
Group Exhibitions
2005 "The classic",Galerie Schwarzer Gegenwartskunst,Berlin
2005 2.Berliner Kunstsalon,Honor Westmacott,Berlin
2005 "Permanent zeitgenössisch",Haus am Waldsee,Berlin
